Stenanthera conostephioides

Flame heath
In Monarto South, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Stenanthera
Species:
S. conostephioides
Binomial name
Stenanthera conostephioides
Synonyms
  • Astroloma conostephioides (Sond.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
  • Pentataphrus behrii Schltdl.
  • Stenanthera conostephioides Sond. var. conostephioides
  • Stenanthera conostephioides var. glabrata Sond.
  • Stenanthera conostephoides F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Styphelia behrii (Schltdl.) Sleumer
  • Styphelia sonderi F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Stenanthera conostephioides, commonly known as flame heath, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has linear to lance-shaped leaves, red, tubular flowers and green, oval fruit turning dark red.

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